Fishing-reel.



No. 873,784. PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

H. G. REICHARDT. FISHING REEL.

APPLIGATION FILED 00T. 19, 1905. RENEWED KAY 13, 1907.

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. 1 and casing 5. The shaft 9 has formed construction and organization of mechanism 4 are arranged the pins of a yoke 11 on one end UNITED sTATEs HENRY C. REICHARDT, OF POTTSVIIJLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FISHING-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1 754v 1 907.

Application led October 19.1906. Serial No. 283.380. Renewed )Iay 13, 1907. Serial No. 373.377.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY C. REICHARDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing- Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fishing reels, the object being to provide a simple and eflicient whereby the rotatable line-receivi member may be operated by a reciprocative art to rapidly wind the line upon the mem er; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the said member may be connected with or disconnected from the reciprocative part as desired.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fishing reel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, as on-the line 2-2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fige is a sectional view, as on the line 4-4 of Fig.V 1, showing one osition of the adjustable gear wheel 8 by otted lines. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail, as on the line 5-5 of 1.

1 designates the frame of the reel and 3 the rotatable line-receiving member journaled therein which are of usual and Well known construction.

`Formed on or secured to one side of the frame 1 is a casing 5 into which extends one end or' the shaft 6 of the member 3. This shaft 6 is provided with a gear wheel 7 in mesh with a similar wheel 8 on a longitudinally-movable shaft 9 journaled in the frame therein a circumferential groove 10 in which of a lever 12 which is pivoted to a projection on the frame 1. The other end of the lever 12 extends out through the casing 5 and is provided With a knob 13 wherebly the lever may be operated to shift the s aft 9 and therewith the gear Wheel 8 longitudinally within limits.

Extending through and journaled in the casing 5 below the shaft 9 is a shaft 14 having aixed thereto a gear wheel 15. The upper teeth of this gear wheel 15 are in line with the lower teeth of the gear wheel 8, to the end that, when the shaft 9 is moved by the lever 12, the gear wheel 8 may1 be moved into engagement with the gear w eel 15-without being disengaged from the gear wheel 7, and

back again.

Pivoted to the gear wheel 15 is a pawl 16 adapted to engage a ratchet wheel 17 which is loosely mounted on the shaft 14, the pawl being pressed into engagement with the ratchet wheel by a suitable spring 18 carried by the gear wheel 15. Fixed tothe ratchet Wheel 17 and loose on the shaft 14 is a gear wheel 19 which is engaged by a toothed sector 20 on the inner end of an arm 21 which is pivotally mounted on a stud 22 carried by a projection on the casing 5.

Extending between the outer end of the arm 21 and an arm 23 is a plate 24, the arm 23 being pivoted to the opposite side of the frame 1, as at 25, in line with the stud 22, whereby, by moving .the plate up and down, the sector 20 may be reciprocated. The arm 21 and its connected arts are held normally in the position shown ythe action of a spring 26, so that by pressing down upon the plate 24 against' the action of the spring 26, the sector 20, maybe moved to turn the gear wheel 19 in one direction, and that by releasing the pressure from the plate 24, the spring 26 will move the sector to normal position to turn the gear Wheel 19 in the reverse direction. By rapidly pressing and releasing the plate 24, the sector 2O will reciprocate the gear wheel 19 and therewith theratchet wheel 17. When the ratchet wheel 17 is turned in one direction it engages the pawl 16 to turn the gear wheel 15, and when the ratchet wheel 17 is turned in the reverse direction, the pawl 16 is ,released and the gear Wheel 15 is unaffected thereby. When the lever 12 is shifted t0 bring the ear wheel 8 into mesh with both the gear w eels 7 and 15, the rotation of the 'gear Wheel 15 causes the rotation of the linereceving member 3, through the gear wheels 7 and 8. Thus it will be seen that by rapidly reciprocating the plate 24, lthe fishing line may be ra idly wound upon the member 3.

'lhe sha t 9 extends outwardly through the casing 5 and it is provided with a crank 27 by means of which, through the gear wheels 7 and 8, the member 3 may be rotated, when the lever 12 is moved to disengage the gear wheel 8 from the gear wheel 15.

I claim:-

1. In a fishing reel, the combination with the rotatable line-receiving vmember, of a 3. In a fishing reel, the combination with the rotatable line-receiving member7 of a 15 toothed reciprocative member, a gear wheel engaged therewith, a second ear wheel, a pawl and ratchet connection gear wheels, gearing between the second named Gear wheel and the irst named mem- 20 ber', and means for connecting and discon' etween -said l necting the second named gear wheel with and from said gearing.

4. In a fishing reel, thecomb'mation with the rotatable line-receiving member, of'a toothed reciprocative member, a gear wheel 25 engaged therewith, a secondA gear wheel, a pawl and ratchet connection between said glial' wheels, a gear wheel connected to the st named member, a movable gear Wheel engaged with the last named gear wheel, and 30 means adapted to be operated to move the movable gear wheel into engagement with said second gear wheel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY c. REICHARIT.

Witnesses:

C. W. HALBACH, E. F. CLAUSER. 

